No major impact of coal strike on Singareni

Hyderabad, Jan 6: The five-day coal industry strike called by trade unions has only partial impact on Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) in Telangana as the company expects near normal production Tuesday. A spokesman of SCCL told IANS that the strike call had no major impact on the coal production in the mines as the major recognized trade union, the Telangana Boggu Ghani Karmika Sangham (BGKS), is not participating in the strike. SCCL general manager S. Chandrasekhar told IANS that "all mines are working. The attendance is partial in underground mines but normal in open cast mines". He said 18,000 out of 34,000 employees in the first shift (7 a.m. to 3 p.m.) attended their duties. About 10,000 employees participated in the strike but this is not likely to have major impact on the production. "We expect normal production of 1.5 lakh tonnes," the official said.